Freeman’s partner
William L. Pelton is the quieter half of the partnership that started Norfolk’s new belt. The federal history of the Harrow station describes him as “another American from Wisconsin.”S2
- 1921
Leamington
Grows 21 acres of flue-cured tobacco with Henry Freeman in the Leamington area.S2
- 1922
A trial at Lynedoch
The pair grow an experimental five acres near Lynedoch.S2
- 1923
The first commercial crop
They buy the old Chrysler farm at Lynedoch and harvest a commercial crop there.S2
- 1923
A kiln
A kiln built that year on their experimental farm at Lynedoch is recorded by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario.S22
Wisconsin or North Carolina?
The Harrow history calls Pelton “another American from Wisconsin.”S2
A Multicultural History Society of Ontario report calls Freeman and Pelton North Carolinians.S22
We follow the federal account and flag the difference. A census or immigration record would settle it.
- Name
- William L. Pelton
- From
- Wisconsin, per the federal record (sources differ)
- Known for
- 1923The Lynedoch crop
- Partner
- Henry A. Freeman
